History

The Society was established in 1964 by the late Padmashri Dr. Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil, Who also the founder of the Pravara Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana, Pravaranagar. The society has been registered both under the societies Registration Act 1960 and the Bombay Public Trust Act 1950. Pravara Rural Education Society, ensconced at Loni, by Late Padmashri Dr. Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil in 1964 to symbolize the ascendance of Plateau of achievements of Academic Excellence, in dissemination of Quality Education.

The Pravara Rural college of Architecture, Loni started in 1996 is one of the institutes under the technical complex developed by Pravara Rural Education society. The Pravara Rural College of Architecture, Loni is one of the most prominent Architecture institute in Rural Area. For fulfil the dream of our Honorable Chairman to upgrade the living standard of the people in rural area, the faculty and Alumni of the institute give services to the rural area as well as urban and semi-urban areas. The student gets the opportunity to study the lifestyle, culture, tradition, vernacular Architecture in rural areas.

Our Alumni are well settled in India as well as abroad in their professional practice as well as recruited in a renewed multinational and national architectural firms, government and semi-government department.

We successfully organized grand event of Zonal Nasa in 2009 and 2012. Every year we organize seminar, workshop, Guest lectures, Settlement study and study tour to enhance the vision of students in the field of modern technology in Architecture as well as traditional Indian Architecture.

We started college in a very small campus in 1996 and now it is flourished in an independent lavish campus with well-equipped laboratories, Library with e-library, computer Lab, Studios, Audio – visual room etc. Facilities.